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January 5, 2018
BUCKHANNON — An Upshur County resident with an extensive history with the West Virginia Republican Party is seeking the party's top office. ... “I am running because I would like to see our candidates and elected officials supported by the state party to a greater degree behind the scenes,” O'Neill said.
Politico
December 13, 2017
“If Steve Bannon's polarizing fringe candidates can't win in ruby-red Alabama, they will find it difficult to win anywhere.” For Democrats, it was full speed ahead. Not long after the AP called the race for Jones, Rep. Beto O'Rourke, another long-shot Senate candidate, sent out a fundraising missive.
WDIV ClickOnDetroit
December 12, 2017
Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones are vying for a seat in the U.S. Senate in Alabama on Tuesday, December 12, 2017. ..... It was a boon to the Jones campaign's efforts to turn out African-American voters -- but to hear the candidate tell it Monday morning, the whole thing was a mystery.
WDIV ClickOnDetroit
December 12, 2017
Alabama Democratic Senate candidate Doug Jones' campaign will roll out a statewide robocall on Monday quoting Republican Sen. Richard Shelby's emphatic criticisms .... And he's backing candidates in primaries in 2018 battlegrounds like Montana and West Virginia. The whole thing could give the GOPÃÂ ...
WTOP
December 7, 2017
Pawlenty had eyed the U.S. Senate the year Coleman won: He was minutes away from announcing a campaign in 2002 when a call from then-Vice ... Robust Republican primary campaigns are already underway in several, including in Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Pennsylvania, West Virginia andÃÂ ...
Mesabi Daily News
December 31, 1999
But his rising Senate career came crashing to an end this fall after Los Angeles radio host Leeann Tweeden blog-posted a photo of Franken apparently grasping at her clothed breasts while she slept aboard a plane following a 2006 USO tour to entertain American soldiers overseas. Within days, severalÃÂ ...
Rasmussen Reports
September 7, 2017
Overall, West Virginia has had more Senate rematches than any other state ... Jay Rockefeller (D) in Rockefeller's first Senate bid in 1984 and then to Byrd in 2006 ... the two instances where the same pair of candidates faced off in two ... A repeat Senate candidate may have a better chance of winning his orÃÂ ...
MyAJC
September 4, 2017
But he will need a few Senate Democrats to go along, and even ... States government over a campaign promise that he cannot deliver on,” ... Republicans have chided Democrats for voting in 2006 to back fencing along the border. ... Dakota, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Claire McCaskill of Missouri, BillÃÂ ...
McClatchy Washington Bureau
August 31, 2017
But he will need a few Senate Democrats to go along, and even those in ... willing to shut down the United States government over a campaign .... Republicans have chided Democrats for voting in 2006 to back fencing along the border. ... Dakota, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Claire McCaskill of Missouri,ÃÂ ...
The Hill (blog)
August 25, 2017
To win 2018, Dems can look to Howard Dean's 2006 playbook ... Democrats have to run candidates who fit the district they're running in. ... John Tester wouldn't win a Senate seat in New York, but he's a perfect fit for Montana. ... Democrats in West Virginia are just as valuable to the party and have just asÃÂ ...
Rasmussen Reports
August 25, 2017
All of the 33 Senate incumbents up for reelection next year are running for ... Montana, North Dakota, and West Virginia, but otherwise hold everything else, ... Several of these safe senators could be presidential candidates in 2020, ... Corker's first election in 2006, during the Democrats' last good midterm,ÃÂ ...
Williamson Daily News
August 24, 2017
Hall was elected to the Senate in 2006 and was previously elected to six terms in ... serving the people of West Virginia in this new role," Hall said in a release. ... 3 during President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Huntington. ... The committee will meet with interested candidates and select three names toÃÂ ...
The Federalist
August 24, 2017
In tiny Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, around 100 local Republicans recently ... the reason for the gathering: “Patrick Morrisey for U.S. Senate.” It was the official kickoff for a campaign that has long been expected in West Virginia. ... trumpeted the NRA endorsement, it featured the candidate loading a rifle andÃÂ ...
Daily Kos
August 21, 2017
NV State Senate: Shady GOP antics are afoot in the Silver State. .... Republicans could attempt to do things like recruit great candidates, ... WV-Sen: In case there were still any doubts, West Virginia's Democratic Sen. ... uncharged and didn't seek re-election to the state Senate in 2006. .... First Campaign?
LifeZette
August 18, 2017
Cook moved Indiana, Missouri, and West Virginia from “lean D” to toss-up, and it ... "The GOP's recruiting strong candidates at this point, and the Democrats ... votes in Missouri than any other candidate on the ballot, including Trump. ... She barely cleared 50 percent of the vote during her first win, in 2006.
CNN
August 7, 2017
... from a different party than the presidential candidate who carried the seat.) ... On the Senate side, where redistricting isn't a factor, Democrats are a victim of their own successes. Democrats won six Republican seats in the 2006 election. ... Five of those 10 -- North Dakota, Missouri, Montana, West VirginiaÃÂ ...
The New Yorker
July 31, 2017
The central illusion of a Presidential campaign is that a candidate can, through ... Sanders, who has represented Vermont in the Senate for the past decade, ... Sanders's first stop was in Morgantown, West Virginia; he had been in the .... Our Revolution, to support progressive candidates around the country,ÃÂ ...
Allentown Morning Call
July 31, 2017
Lou Barletta poised for Senate bid against Bob Casey ... Donald Trump, speaks to West Virginia's delegation during the 2016 Republican National Convention. ... more than $500,000 on hand in his campaign account at the end of June. ... Casey, from Scranton and first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006,ÃÂ ...
Williamson Daily News
July 26, 2017
Miller first was elected to the West Virginia House in 2006, and her ... a Democrat, announced his campaign for the position Tuesday, and Tri-State Transit ... of the Democrat party nomination for the seat is West Virginia Sen.
LifeZette
December 31, 1999
Despite Trump Turmoil, Endangered Senate Dems on the Run ... Cook moved Indiana, Missouri, and West Virginia from “lean D” to toss-up, and it ... "The GOP's recruiting strong candidates at this point, and the Democrats are ... Rising, to support whichever Republican candidate emerges as the nominee.
The Daily Times
December 31, 1999
Jim Justice announced Tuesday that state Sen. ... Hall, of Winfield, was elected to represent West Virginia's 4th Senatorial District in 2006. ... 15 days following the vacancy to submit a list of three qualified candidates to Justice,ÃÂ ...
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
March 25, 2017
Political predictions are a dangerous business, especially this year. But it does look as though one way or another, the U.S. Senate will vote to confirm the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court. The open question is how much ...
Washington Business Journal
March 23, 2017
Darryl Wiggins, or "Wig" as his buddies liked to call him growing up, was the kid who took the unconventional path at every turn - and for that, he's thankful.
Albany Times Union (blog)
March 21, 2017
By the early 1990s, Kislin had become a wealthy commodities trader and campaign fundraiser for Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who in 1996 appointed him to the New York City Economic Development Corporation.
The American Prospect
March 20, 2017
Today, the basic formula pays 50 percent of the costs in states like Colorado and Massachusetts, up to a 75 percent of the cost in states like Mississippi, and 72 percent in West Virginia. Currently, the federal government adjusts Medicaid payments ...
The New Yorker
March 19, 2017
"The reported contact between operatives in the Trump campaign and Russian intelligence officials is exactly the kind of intrigue that our founders sought to prohibit.
The Spokesman-Review
March 17, 2017
Glittering Steel, the Mercer film production company, then brought the book's findings to the screen, portraying Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to a mass audience as a captive of wealthy interests. The alliance continued with ...
Metro.us
March 17, 2017
Republican congressional leaders have refused Democrats' calls for a special prosecutor or select committee to investigate possible links between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia, saying investigations by congressional committees are ...
The Colorado Statesman
March 16, 2017
The presidential campaigns spent 95 percent of their advertising budgets and a full 99 percent of their time visiting in the 14 battleground states, which included Colorado.
Roll Call
March 15, 2017
Democratic lawmakers and liberal interest groups are intensifying their pressure on senators to probe Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch's views on campaign finance law during his confirmation hearings next week. "He does not come into this with the ...
The Atlantic
March 14, 2017
The app lets job candidates and recruiters check each other out: Candidates can see how a company rates on diversity; recruiters can see a person's skills, education, and work history, but not his or her race, age, and gender.
Huffington Post
March 14, 2017
Republican legislators in Kentucky and West Virginia seem to have a newfound respect for the federal government and its regulatory abilities.
Shepherdstown Chronicle
March 10, 2017
Centering on four categories:?Conservation and Outdoor Recreation, Culture and the Arts, Education and Health and Human Serivces, the insurance agency sought help from the Shepherdstown Rotary on determining possible candidates to receive the ... Prior ...
The Outline
March 9, 2017
You can try to overstate the dire shape the Democratic Party is in, but it's not very easy. Since 2009, the party has lost control of the Senate, House, most governors' mansions, and the presidency. It is about to lose the Supreme Court for a ...
Truth-Out
March 7, 2017
The report adds, from the decade spanning 2006 to September 2016, the industry exploded, ballooning 5,000 percent (no that is not a typo), from "508,000 MWh to just over 28,000,000 MWh" of electricity produced.
Politico
March 2, 2017
Perry won support from every Republican and 10 Democrats, including Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, as well as Angus King (I-Maine). The final confirmation vote ... Perry also helped ...
Virginia Business Magazine
February 28, 2017
During his last turn as a voting member of the group in 2015, he persistently called for the FOMC to raise its benchmark fed funds rate, which had remained near zero since 2006. After many delays, the .... Why he is influential: Merrill heads a health ...
KITV Honolulu
February 28, 2017
January 1998 - Ross pledges $2.25 million towards then-wife and Lt. Governor Betsy McCaughey Ross's campaign for Governor of New York.
Pulse Nigeria
February 27, 2017
Elected in 2006, Whitehouse is the ranking member of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee investigating Russia's role in the 2016 election.
The Chronicle of Social Change
February 24, 2017
Eight states (Alabama, Oregon, Wisconsin, Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, and Kentucky) are developing state fatality prevention plans with the support of technical assistance from the Three Branch Institute on Improving Child Safety and ...
WPXI Pittsburgh
February 23, 2017
In 2010, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of entering federal property under false pretenses after trying to tamper with the phones in Louisiana Democrat Sen. Mary Landrieu's office. He called that episode a "huge misunderstanding" and defendedÃÂ ...
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
February 23, 2017
She also served as an adviser to President Barack Obama's campaigns in 2008 and 2012. But Gerken said the ... Gerken, a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Michigan Law School, taught at Harvard before joining the Yale faculty in 2006.
PEOPLE.com
February 22, 2017
Colon is also working with the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, lobbying Congress to prevent dangerous individuals from acquiring guns.
BuzzFeed News
February 22, 2017
The question roiling the Democratic Party is how much elected officials should oppose Trump - and according to Bernie alums, the answer is not nearly enough, even for their old boss.
McClatchy Washington Bureau
February 22, 2017
Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, shown speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, is among the Democrats up for re-election in 2018.
Arkansas Online
February 21, 2017
David Bejou, dean of the College of Business and Social Sciences and tenured professor at West Virginia State University and former vice provost at Virginia State University.
The New Yorker
February 19, 2017
Ellison is co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the putative left-wing answer to the brinksmen of the Freedom Caucus on the right, and he was an early and fervent supporter of Sanders's Presidential campaign. ... Pete Buttigieg, the young ...
Village Voice
February 15, 2017
Earlier this month, thousands of people showed up at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's home in Park Slope, demanding to know why he had voted for three of Trump's cabinet picks.
NBCNews.com
February 15, 2017
WeWillReplaceYou.org was formed by a group of progressive activists with backgrounds in the Bernie Sanders campaign, the environmental movement, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the DREAMer movement of young undocumented immigrants.
Haaretz
February 14, 2017
Aside from Trump and Tillerson, Netanyahu will meet Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Paul Ryan and Vice President Mike Pence during the Feb. 13-16 .... TALK OF THE TOWN: "Attorney looks to ...
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